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ASPHALT FOLK
KNOCKED OUT
Council Decided to Accept
thj Bid of the Brick Com
pany as the Lowest
If THAT MATERIAL IS USED
At All on the Streets of Macon -
Petition From Property Owners
on Second Street for Cubes.
The asphalt men wire knocked clean
Out of the box, and the Chattanooga brick
men are hoping against hope.
This is one result of the meeting of the
city council last night art which the board
of public works reported its findings on
'the subject of the asphalt and the brick
paving bids which were opened yesterday
morning.
The report brought great joy to the heart
of the Southern Asphalt Company’s repre
sentative who was present at the time,
and he bugged himself. His bid for pav
ing under the specifications was two dol
lars and eighteen and a half cents the
square yard, and the board recommended
the acceptance of that bid in the event of
asphalt being used for paving purposes.
It also recommends the acceptance of the
bid of the Chattanooga Brick Company to
do the work for $2.08 cents the square
yard with brick in the event of that mate
rial being used.
Alderman Morgan, however, dashed the
hopes of the asphalt man to the ground
when he moved to lay the acceptance of
the asphalt bid on the table and to adopt
a resolution which he introduced provid
ing that if any paving be done in the city
Os Macon with material other than now in
use, it be done with brick and that the bid
of the Chattanooga Brick Company be ac
cepted as the lowest.
The resolution passed unanimously and
the asphalt men found that they were out
in the cold, in fact, some of them inconti
nently left the room, in that way showing
that they saw very clearly that they con
sidered the council chamber no place to
waste their time and talents.
FAVOR GRANITE CUBES.
But the chances are that the whole city
will be paved with granite cubes. There
is no inclination on the part of the peo
ple of Macon to extend their patronage to
the (Chattanooga Brick Company. The
pavement that is now going down seems to
be very satisfactory to everyone, and ex
perts from a distance say that it is the
beat payment that they have ever seen.
Then, in addition to this the pavement
that is now going down is, to a great ex
tent a home industry, and to patronize
home industry is to be the cry in Macon.
The experiment of making brick for pav
ing purposes has been tried in Macon and
the brick made which was put down in
front of the city hall has stood the wear for
a year remarkably, in fact it shows no
wear at all. If Macon paves with brick at
all she will pave with brick of home man
ufacture.
The probability that the paving will be
done in the future will be done by the
present contractors and with the granite
cubes is borne out by the fact that a pe
tition was read last night from the prop
erty owners on Second afreet asking
that this street be paved from Boplar
to 'Mulberry with granite cubes. As that
petition has on it the names of the prin- ,
cipal property owners in the two blocks |
involved, there can be no doubt as to the
material to b*c used on that street.
The property owners on Third street
have, some of them, asked for asphalt, but
it is doubtful if they will ask for foreign
made brick in preference to the granite
cubes which are infinitely more durable
and equally as noiseless, it looks as it the
granite cubes had won the day and as if
both the brick and 'the asphalt had been
knocked out of the box, unless the asphalt
men decide to carry on the fight, which is
not at all ikely.
ROUTINE MATTERS.
This was the most interesting matter
before the council last night and the rest
of the meeting was strictly a matter of
routine work. The public property cofh
mittee decided that it might not be safe
to allow the Anti-mob and Lynch Law As
sociation to hold a mass meeting at the
park on June 11th, in view of the fact that
some of the members of the association
might catch some infectious disease and
the park would not be a healthy place for
them. This was qualified by the recom
mendation that they might have the park
if the pest house had been removed from
there by the time the convention was to
be held. It may be put down as a fact
that the Anti-mob and Lynch Law \sso
ciation will not hold a meeting in Macon
this year.
A number of applications for a reduc
tion of assessments coming from large
property owners were presented and re
ferred.
Mrs. Phillips, of East Macon, asked that
the street car be made to run in the cen
ter of the street Instead of on the side
walk, and as the side walk would appear
to be a most dangerous place for the street
ear to run. it is probable that the peti
tion will have the desired effect.
A number of minor petitions affecting
either the persons or the property of some
of the citizens went to the proper com
mitteees.
The Macon Gas Light and Water Com
pany was granted a special permit to root
UP as much of the streets of the city as
they chose, provided they put -the streets
in the same condition that they found
them.
Aiderman Pearson offered a resolution
providing for the improving of the railroad
bridge on Second street. In doing so he
L‘ n ' ed i° Ut f ? at Second street is becoming
th»t th* e ' ard and the drive of Macon and
iitlrJ. . Pr T nt bridge is tightly and
entirely inadequate
nt „ lhat recommendation
reurred will call for the puttin- un of a
JS.’" »>’ 1-
I Ladies’ Bright Dongola
| Patent Tip, Round Toe,
I n°" Southern Button,
' s “oe) very flexible
ana dressy
$2.50
Broun Vesting Top Vici
$3.00
Black Vesting Top, Vice
vamp
$3.00
CLISBY & McKAY
MACON BAPTISTS
May Try to Get the Southern Baptist Con
vention to Meet Here.
The Bapt ts of Macon arc making a
I strong puil to get the people generally of
Macon interested in bringing the Southern
; Baptist convention here jn 1595, as was
, mentioned in The News some time ago.
The convention for 1898 will go into ses
! sion at Baltimore on May 1, and the invi
| ration for the next convention will have to
be extended at that time.
This convention is made up of delegates
from all of the Baptist churches in the
Southern states, and 4. a representative
body of the Christian people of the South.
1 here are about 3,000 of them, and the en
tertainment of such a crowd would be a
I tremendous undertaking, but Macon has
I already demonstrated that she can enter
tain any crowd that comes.
At a meeting held at the First Baptist
church some time ago, the matter of in
viting the convention to Macon was disc
ussed and it was decided that if the peo
ple generally of the city would be induced
to help entertain them, and co-operate in
getting them to come here.
President Rogers, of the Chamber of
Commerce, has issued the following call
! to the citizens of Macon:
To the Editor of The News: I have been
•reliably informed that the Southern Bap
tist convention will assemble in the city of
Baltimore on May 1 of this year, and will
have in attendance no less than one thous
and delegates. I have also been informed
that if this city of ours will commence in
time and put forward the energetic, cor
dial welcoming effort that is proverbially
characteristic of our live, wide-awake citi
zenship, there are strong probabilities that
we can induce this large assembly of con
secrated, intelligent Christians to hold
their convention of 1899 in the Central City
of Georgia.
Could this representative assemblage of
one of our powerful Christian denomina
tions be induced to come here the amount
of good, in my humble judgment, that
would result to the city at large cannot be
computed.
I think any city that will throw open
her gates to large conventions like the one
named but shows that progressive and far
sighted spirit evidenced always by wide
awake communities.
I propose, if I can get the backing of
this town, to make an effort to get these
brethren to convene here in 1899, and with
that end in view’, there will shortly be in
troduced in the Macoh Chamber of Com
merce a set* of resolutions inviting these
people, with their thousand delegates, to
meet with us next year, and I am sure the
resolutions will receive the hearty en
dorsement of our entire membership.
These resolutions, if adopted, will be
read to the Baltimore convention, and be
received, I am s,ure, .in the same spirit
they are sent. We eall on all good citizens
to join with us in this movement to make
Macon a city for conventions and large
gatherings; and if our people will but back
us up in this movement, nothing but the
greatest amount of good will be the result.
R. M. Rogers.
The bringing of such a large and repre
sentative body of people from all parts of
the country’to Macon would be a big ad
vertisement for the city and would no
doubt bring good results.
WILL CANVASS
For Subscriptions to the Macon Carnival
This Week.
President Waxelbaum, of the Carnival
Association, says that everything is in
readiness now for the canvass that will be
made for finances for the running of the
next carnival, and the committee will go
out this week or early next week.
“We have been working quietly for the
past few weeks, as there is much agitation
about war and advertising just now would
do very little good, besides is is too early
to begin to form definite plans, which we
are not'certain that we can carry out,”
said ’Mr. Waxelbaum. “We have secured
I ttvo attractions, however, that have never
| been seen in the Sou tn, and they will
j draw tremendous crowds."
Tlie carnival Association will have a
| -special advertising car fitted up, and paint
ed white, with the name of the associa
tion painted on it, and while the car is
not in actual use it will be hauled all over
the country as an advertisement.
i’lie success of the next carnival depends
a very great deal upon the liberality of
the merchants, and the entertainment will,
be cut so as to fit the amount o! money
that is raised, the more many that it is
raised the more entertainment can be se
cured.
The plan of having one brg band will
not be practiced this time, but several
smaller ’out good bands will be secured. 1
They will be brought from nearby cities '
and the expenses will not be so large.
1
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Os Macon Hospital Association Will Hold a
Meeting.
Chairman S. R. Jaquese, of the fioanoe
committee of the Macon Hospital Atsovia
tion. has called a meeting of the commit
tee for this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
American National Bank for she purpose 1
of devising means for the Rising of the
rest of the money that » neede for thq
paying off of the debt on the hospital.
Only about S7OO is needed now, but the 1
contributions have been coming in so slow- ‘
ly for the past few weeks that thq commit- ’
tee ha,s been decided to taka; some active ’
steps at qncc and raise the money neqffed ’
USED BABY AS A CLUB.
—.
Now it Has Concussion of the Brain and Will
Die.
Raleigh. N. C„ Apr a 13.—William Scott
of MHnnngton. w\n e at home with his
ainily yesterday talking about the pros-
Peet ot war between United States and
>IXIIII. Nettie Seott. William’s sister, be
longs to the sanctified band, and declared
war rhe world would end right
away. Ssfbtt's wife and Nettie quarreled
about the matter and the former told the
latter to leave or she would knock her
down with her baby which she had in her
arms. The woman caught her baby by the
legs swung it around and dealt her sister
L,,?" ~ terr> « s blow-on the side of the
head. Her husbasd tried to take the babv
t er ' bU L3 wM to beat hcr before he
will die S °‘ Thtil baby has €One ' Jssioa i :
liiicklin’M A.rwi4fM Salto
The beet aaJve in th* world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulrerK. salt rheum, fever
sorea. tetter, chappy hands, chilblains,
corns, and all akin sruntiens, amd positive
ly cures piles, or 30 pay repaired. It is
guaranteed to glws» perfect satisfaction or I
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
by J. lamtrI amtr £ Sens’ drug
M PIGEONS
SLAUGHTERED.
The Gun Club Tournament
Has Commenced and the
Shootists Are Here.
GOOD RECORDS MADE.
First Day Opened Up Well—Cars
Running Every Fifteen Minutes
For Convenience of Public.
The Interstate Trap Shooting Tourna
ment was opened this morning on the
grounds of the local Gun Club a; Central
City park.
The attendance is remarkably good and
the members who are here expect a splen
did three days’ sport.
There is no delay in getting down to
w’ork and so well have the arrangements
been made that one event runs Into t'he
other and the shooting is almost as inces
sant as it is possible for the contestants
to fire their guns.
The state is well represented and the
different events will show that Georgia
holds her own well with the visitors who
are here from a distance, some of them
having come two thousand miles to take
part in this shoot.
The attraction of the meet is the live
bird contest which comes off on Saturday.
On that day over seven hundred birds will
be trapped and the excellence of the shoot- I
ing makes it very certain that a few of the I
birds will cross the boundary.
The .headquarters of the association ‘
during the shoot is the Brown House and
cars are running every fifteen minutes for :
the convenience of the participants and
the public.
The following program will shot off 'to
morrow:
SECOND DAY—APRIL 14—$100 AjDDB-D
MONEY.
Event No. I—ls1 —15 blue rocks. Entrance
$1.50: $lO added to purse.
Event No. 2—15 blue roqfet Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to purse.
Event No. B—2o blue rocks. Entrance
$2: $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 4 lt> tdue rocks. Entrance
$l.:.0; $lO added tq, the purse.
Event No. blue rocks. Entrance
$2; $lO added <c> the purse. •
Event N<x 6—15 blue rocks. Entrance
sl.ao; S!Q, added to the purse.
Even', 'No. 7 —20 blue rocks. Entrance
$2; added to the purse.
Invent No. B—-158 —-15 blue rocks. Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to the purse. 1
Event No. 9—20 blue rocks. Entrance
$2; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 10—10 blue rokes. r Entrance
$1.50; $lO adde to the purse. T
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEN.
The International Committee W® be in
Session.
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Cainsville, April 13.—Delegates to the
Mato Sunday School Association. are ex
pected to begin to arrive in Che city Sun
day.
Ihe convention will fcp % attended by
about 300 delegates and will meet in the
' list Methodist church. Monday evening,
remaining in session until Wednesday af
ternoon.
Hon. W. S. Witham of Atlanta lectures
at the auditorium. Sunday afternoon at 3
o clock on the “Weight Train vs. the Ves
tibuled Limited Sunday School.” A num
ber of the members of the International
Sunday School committee will attend the
convention,. Judge. J. B. 'Estes of Gains-
V'Ule wi’,l; deliver the address of welcome,
which iviil be responded to by Hon. John
M. Given of Atlanta. An interesting pro
gram has- prepared.
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VOLUNTEERS
Will Have Their- Annual Outing at Warm
Springs.
r
At a special meeting of the Macon Vol- .
unteers. last night it was decided to have '
the annual outing at Warm Springs this
year instead of at ißcach Haven as for
merly. This action was taken at tlie re
quest of a large numbers of the company.
The annual outings of the company are
always pleasant affairs, and the o ae this
year will be especially so, as it is hardly
probable now that the company will tgo into
eamps. z
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ON TO SAVANNAH,
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Kacoa Drummers Leave Here Next Tuesday
Night.
Nex week the 'Macon delegates to. the T.
P. 'A. meet in 'Savannah will leave Macon
on a special train. The train will be
known as the “T. P. A. Special,” and will
arrive tn Savannah on the, following
morning. The cars will be profusely dec
orated with bright banners, and no one
can fall to tell where the tra? n comes from
or what party it contains, ’in addition to
the delegates and alternates from the post
a large number of members will make the
trip. It is said that a iar; number will
come in order to see the m ,-w disappearing
guns which have been mo anted.
The Georgia division hr ,s received a con
gratulatory letter from ’..he national secre
tary on its wonderfuE growth during the
past This divi sl< >n has added more
new members to its list than any other
The Savannah pest is making very
great preparations for the recept
tion of the visitors .'mil delegates and the
convention promises ‘to* be one of the most
successful in the Instc-ry of the Georgia
division. •
MOULTRIE MEN
Were Well Pleased 'With Their Reception in
IM aeon.
The delegat’ccr of bus in ess men from
Moultrie who were the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce yofterday, returned
to their brumes last nightt at 11:25. every
one expr .ssing himself as’ delighted with
the tree .tment they had received at th*
hands jf tbebtisinessmen of Macon.
All the afternoon was spent in locking
at the different business houses of the city
and the manufacturing interests. Every
one was delighted with the splendid show
ing mad»' to them, and on every side ex
pjessionjs were heard that means that Ma
con and Moultrie will be as Mr. Hall put
it, “ticl le each other” in the future.
At •* o’clock the party went out to th*
Lag -Or ibin. where that prince of caterers,
Jake I linswanger, was in waiting with his
white aproned assistans, to serve the par
ty w .th one of the most delightful barbe
cws that a Georgian has ever tasted, and
tia t is the highest compliment that can
paid to a cue.
Numbers of enthusiastic speeches were
’a, ".de, and before the evening was soenrt
1 social relations that will lead to close bus
iness, relations were established.
Mr. Hall, who acter as speaker for the
visitors, has the true freshness of the
Georgia orator, and all during his speech
he kept the jolly party laughing at his
original witticisms.
A large number of the party staid over
today, and many of them have already
opened trade with the Macon merchants.
FROM A DISTINGUISHED educator.
I have found Cheney's Expectorant su
j perior to anything I have ever tried for
I colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by
first mail six bottles of your mo-1 excellent
; medicine.
PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON.
Sweetwater, Team
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13 1898.
Exclusively Our Own,
Many lines of the beautiful new goods we are
showing this week are confined to our store
Yon wont find them in the other stores. Our
offerings arc culled from the best makes known
to the trade by experienced buyers. You can’t
go wrong if you get it at
_. 512 Cherry Street.
BROOKS FOR CORONER.
Well Known Driver of Hook and Ladder
Company Will Run.
Mr. George Brooks, driver for the hook
and ladfier company of the fire department
says that he Is going to run for coroner,
subject to the Democratic nomination.
It is more, than probable that Mr. Hollis
will run for the place again and if he does
things will be lively as far as this office
is concerned.
FIRE THIS MORNING
Smith Grocery Company Suffered a Small
Loss.
‘ i
At 5 o'clock this morning the department
■ Was called out to the store of the .Smith
I Gr-pcery Company on Cotton avenue, which
j Was discovered to be on fire.
The flames were found to be confined to
I the front of the building, and the prompt
! work of the department is all that averted
a st-rious conflagration. The loss amounts
to several hundred dollars covered by in
sura nee.
ROCCO’S RETURN
After a Visit to the Shores of His Native
Land.
Sylvester Roccoa has returned from the
shores of Sunny Italy.
He will once more take up his life’s work
•beside his fruit stand and through the
« mists of the steam of the peanut roaster,
will dream of the beauties of Naples
moonlight on the shores of the Meditera
nean—sunlight on the orange groves,
whose green and gold blends with the blue
rof the tideless sea.
Sylvester is satisfied. He has seen his
i sisters and his cousins and his aunts. He
has tasted of the joys of life once more,
hand is not apparently reluctant to return
hto its realities.
NON-BESSEMER MEN .COMBINE.
t Largest Pool Ever Known in History of Iron
Business.
Cleveland, 0., April 13. —The initial steps
■ toward the formation of one of the big
gest combines in the history of the iron
• business were taken at a inceing held here
today. Practically all of the man.ufactur-
• ers of foundry iron between the Alleghany
' and Roey mountains were represented.
The, .pri.sc.nl movement is the dllxet re
'< salt, of the formation of the association of
■ Ibessemer furnace iften recently completed
: in this city. The men who are to go into
Ulie new combination, however, are What
■ ai.e known as non- Lessemer mi n —the
maiiutacturers of foundry iron who do not
‘ tv.o.rk bessemer ore.
The nou-bessemer manufacturers of the
sw.th and of the east have already formed
ii.wa strong organizations. The meeting of
rnlif western men»here today was for the
of forming the manufacturers in
.territory into a sub-organization and
tlieei merging all the three organizations,
i covering tiie east, west and south into
i one mg combine. •
-A general headquarters will be estab
! lished at. New York with branch head
quarters «t same central point in each of
the three districts.. At today’s ■ meeting
• the manufacturers appointed a committee
i tq bring the plan to a focus.
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SHOOTS HACK DRIVER.
Quarreled About Fare He Had to Pay for
Being Driven Around.
Savannah, Ga., April 13Albert Wash
ington, a negro hack driver, was shot and
\ killed in front of the Planters’ hotel yes
terday morning by J. J. Lee, of Waycross,
an employe ot the Plant system.
The shooting was the result of a quarrel
- over hack fare. Washington charged Lee
$1.50 fare for driving him around and Lee
threw him 50 cents, as he entered the
hotel. This Lee refused to take. This hap
pened last night.
Yestreday morning the negro returned
j to the hotel and demanded his fare. After
some words Lee gave his the other dollar
and then the negro shaking his linger in
, Lee’s face began cursing him, so it is
stated. This was too much provocation
for Lee, it appears, and drawing his pistol
from his pocket he shot the negro.
Five shots were fired, the first striking
a horse. The others entered the negro’s
body and he died in about two hours. Lee
is now under arrest, having walked up to
a policeman and gave himself up just after
the shooting.
Rlieuiuutisiii Cured.
My wife has used Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm for rheumatism with great relief,
and I can recommend it as a splendid lini
ment for rheumatism and other household
use for which we have found it Valuable. —
W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek, N. Y.
Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading mer
chants of this village, and one of the most
prominent men in this vicinity.—W. G.
Phippin, editor Red Creek Herald. For
sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
MRS. JOHN A. NELSON.
An Old Resident of. East Macc. Died Yes
terday.
Mrs. John A. Nelson died yesterday af
ternoon at her home in East Macon. She
was 70 years of age.
Mrs. Nelson was the widow of the late
John A. Nelson, who during his life time
was one of the most prominent factors in
this section of the state.
The funeral will take place this after
noon at 3 o’clock from the Presbyterian
church in East Macon. Interment will be
at Rose Hill and the funeral services will
be read by Rev. R. R. White of the First
Presbyterian church.
EDWARDS-NAPIER.
Wedding Will Take Place at Christ Church
iThis Afternoon.
The marriage of Miss Annie Foster
Napier and Mr. WMliam Annesley Edwards
will take place from Christ church this
evening at 6 o’clock.
The newly married couple will leave im
mediately after the ceremony on the
Southern Railway for Atlanta, where they
will remain for a few days gefore going
to Washington, where they will make their
future home.
The church ceremony will be largely at
tended as Miss Napier has a very large
circle of friends in the city.
SPANISH FOURS.
London, April 13. —Spanish fours show a
decline of 3 1-8 from yesterday.
GRAND LODGE
OFJVORKMEN
Will Meet in Macon in Bi
ennial Session on the
First of May.
SIX STA T ES REPRESEm
It is Expected That Sovereign Grand
Master Robinson Will *
be Here.
The grand lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen will meet m Macon on
■May 11th and be in session several days.
Six states will be represented at the
meeting. The session are held bi-ennialiy.
The last session was held in Macon two
years ago.
Tliere will be about 150 delegates in at
tendance upon the meeting of the lodge,
and it is expected to have Sovereign Grauu
‘Master Worwir.an Robinson present.
The meetings Will be held in the Odd
'Fellows’ hall, and the local lodges, of
which there arc two, will entertain in
royal style.
The states that will be represented at
the meeting are North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama and
Louisiana.
SPECIAL SERVICES
At Mulberry Street Church Daily at 3:30
and 7:30 P. M.
The special religious services previously
announced began yesterday afternoon and
last night in Mulberry street Methodist,
church. They are expected to continue for
two weeks or longer. The pastor preached
two strong and able sermons at the ser
vices yesterday afternoon and last night—
the text being respectively Faith and
Prayer.
There will begin at night, at 7:30 a
prayer and song service which will con
tinue for thirty minutes, to be followed by
the regular preaching service, at 8 p. in.
Those who are willing to take part iir the
singing are requested to bo on hand
promptly and take seats on th' platform.
The Epworth League is expected especially
to rally to the support of these special ser
vices.. , •
At the meeting held in the church Sab
bath before last about 300 of tlie members
voluntarily pledged themselves to conse
cration and work for these services. Tlie
fulfilment of these pledges will secure the
success of the meeting as a no aus of ben
efit to the church and to all who come
within reach of its inlluence.
AN ENTERTAINMENT.
On the Green Opposite Wesleyan College
Thursday.
A festival will be given Thursday after
noon on the lawn in front of Wesleyan
Female College by Mrs. D. B. Woodruff’s
circle of the King’s Daughters.
A beautiful doll is to be raffled. The
chances are ten cents each, and the holder
of the winning ticket will be very fortu
nate indeed.
,The doll will be seen on exhibition at
the Empire Store.
Refreshments will be served during the
day and the young people will have a de
lightful time.
WHAT A RUBBER NECK IS.
Thomas Vlanblocortl, sixteen years old.
Center street court Sunday by Policeman
Sebnitz, of the Oak street station, on a
charge of disorderly condqct. Schultz told
Magistrate Cornell that Vlanblocom had
been belaboring another small bey at the
time of the arrest.
“Tommy Burns called me a rubber
neck.” said Vlanblocom, “so, of course,
I soaked him.”
“What is a rubber neck?” asked Magis
trate Cornell.
“I give it up,” said Lawyer Costello, who
appeared for the hoy.
“Its beyond me,” confessed Policeman
Parton, who arraigns the prisoners.
“I did know, but I've forgotten,” said
Roundsman Lane.
Magistrate called up a small boy who
was waiting arraignment on a charge of
shooting craps in a back street. The ques
tion was put to him and he smiled in con
scious superiority.
“Ah, dat’s easy,” said he with a grin.
“<A rubber neck is a guy dat toitin’ his nut
aroun’ to give ’de glad hand ter ev’ry
purty gal dat passes. Den he’s a nosey
bloke dat’s all de time a puttin’ his necK
outer joint, ter see wot ev’rybody’s a-doln.’
He’s a Johnny Pry, dat’s wot he Is.- Dem
fellers oughter take de hinges outer dere
neck.”
“A remarkably lucid explanation.” said
the magistrate, as he fined Vlanblocom $5.
The lad’s mother paid the fine.
Gastronomic Chips.
Life is the queerest of conundrums. We
spend one-half of it in guessing what it is
and the other half in regretting that we
didn’t guess it sooner.
An empty stomach at bedtime may
wreck your sinmbers as surely as an over
loaded one. It is a case of Scylla and
Charybdis— steer wisely between them.
A man may have the wisdom of Solomon
in other matters and yet be fool enough to
forget that bis stomach is bis best friend.
They say that “poverty is the mother of
health.” Perhaps she is, but she some
times squeezes our diet so tightly that she
becomes ‘'the mother of wrinkles.”
Let our stock of wisdom be ever so
scanty, there is no better place to spread
what we have of it thanaver the table.
“Oh, yon say “I pay my cook to spread
his own there!' Doubtless you do, but if
your cook s w isdom be of the average
cook s ejuaiity-you pay and look for some
thing which you do not get. A wise cook
is one of the blessings that heaven is chary
in sending us. Those we get, and get in
abundance, cornu from the other place.—
Table Talk.
CABTOTTZA.
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tfsatur* < trsry
Notes Taken
On the Run.
The first coat of paint is being put on
the metal work of the Pythian Castle on
Mulberry street.
The hotel registers yesterday and’today
show that the travel is very heavy. All
of the hotels were filled up last night. The
presence of the delegates to the Knights
of Honor convention and those who are in
attendance on the shooting tournament
has helped to swell out these lists.
Among the visitors in Macon today i#
Mr. B. W. Sperry, formerly proprietor of
the Brown House and Hotel Lanier and
than whom there is no more popular man
in the city. Mr. Sperry was one of the
organizers of the Macon Gun Club several
years ago and since then has been an en
thusiastic member. He is watching the
shooting at the park with the deepest in
terest.
The remains of Mr. P. W. Sisson, who
died yesterday at the City Hospital were
shipped this morni'fig to Savannah, where
his mother lives. Mr. Sisson was the first
engineer to run a train over the Macon
and Northern railroad.
Miss Mamey Wiley left this morning for
Eatonton, where she will visit Miss Reid.
The body of Mrs. Margaret Small, who
died on Monday night at the residence of
her son, Mr. Arthur Small, was taken this
morning to Tunnell Hill church yard for
interment.
No scsion of the city court was held this
morning. The superior court now holding
in Houston county, will probably adjourn
tonight.
The subject of Rev. Adams’ sermon at
the Christian church tonight will be “The
Warning of an Enemy’s Fire.”
Dr. W. R. Holmes, deiftist. 55G Mulberry,
opposite Hotel Lanier. Try a bottle of
Holmes’ Mouth Wash for preserving teeth,
purifying the breath, bleeding gums, ul
cers, sore mouth, sore throat, etc. For sale
by all druggists.
The Epworth League tent has been
taken down and stored away for future
use.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
I can do your dental work for less cash
(han any other dentist in Macon. Why not?
No office or house rent to pay. My ex
penses are light. Telephone 275. Vineville
and Belt Line of street cars pass* office
door. A. S. Moore, 121 Wallington avenue,
Macon, Ga.
Mr. A. L. Sterne went down to Albany
this morning to attend the wedding of Mr.
John Armstrong.
Richard Vaughn, of Monroe county, was
given a hearing before Commissioner Er
win this morning on the charge of illicit
distilling. He was arrested yesterday by
Deputy George White.
Among the visitors from .Moultrie who
stayed over here last night to see the
merchants of the city today, were Messrs.
E. E. Melton, H. J. Finch, Ira Dekle, G. W.
Spring, M. M. Blanton, C. M. Blanton, iB.
J. Darner, Hon. J. G. Culpepper and Bob
Shipp. They are quartered at the Brown
House.
THOMSON-GORDON.
Marriage of These Two Prominent Young
People Took Place Yesterday.
The .wedding of Miss Lute Gordon,
daughter of the late Walter Gordon and
Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon, and Mr. Walter
S. Thomson, of Philadelphia, was solemn
ized at noon yesterday at the home of
General John B. Gordon, Kirkwood, Ga.
The prominence and popularity of the con
tracting parties rendered the occasion of
interest not only in Southern, but North
ern society, while, the beauty of the bride
and artistic details of the wedding will
make it an occasion memorable always to
those who were presnt.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomson left last night
for a short trip, after which they will re
turn to Atlanta for d few days prior to a
visit to Philadelphia. They sail for Ger
many the latter part of the month, where
Mr. Thomson’s extensive business interest
will require his temporary residence in
Bremen.
I was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enter
prise recently, which leads me to write
this. I can truthfully say that I never
used any remedy equal to it for colic and
diarrhoea. 1 have never had to use more
than one or two doses to cure the worst
Stroud, Popomoke City, Md. For sale by
H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
NO CHANCE FOP. BOYS NCM
American Sea Captains Nowadays Reluc
tant to Take Them on Voyages.
Hardly a day passes that Shipping Com
missioner Tolman docs not have two or
three applications fro® boys who want tv
ship as sailors. The most of these boys are
between the ages of 15 and 18 and have
never boon out of tho sight of land or seen
a vessel larger than a small coaster. All
of these applications are treated kindly by
Mr. Tolman, who, after questioning them
as to their, homes and parents, their inten
tions and reasons for wanting’ to go to
sea, generally ends the interview by assur
ing the would be sailoru tb,.t he has no
opportunity tor them to ship at present,
but will bear them in mind and give them
the first chance that comes along. He ad
vises them to call again in a few days, but
it is not often that the shipping commis
sioner ever hears from them again. The
boys are’anxious to see something of the
world and in nearly every ease have good
homes and opportunities for entering some
kind of business which will prove more
lucrative and far more pleasant than a
sailor’s life.
The applications from the boys are so
numerous that Mr. Tolman does not pay
much attention to them now. Ho seldom
has a chance for boys to ship on large ves
sels, as no sea captains wish to take them.
There is sometimes a chance for boys tog.,'
to sea in the larger vessels which arc bound
on long voyages for South America or the
West Indies, but as nearly all the vessels
sailing out of Portland are in the coasting
trade the shipmasters have no use for boys
and will not take them if they can help it.
And yet, though the shipmasters will
not take boys and give them an opportu
nity <;f learning eeamanship, they all com
plain because there are not to be found
more American sailors. Said one ship
master the other day: “I have not had an
American sailor on my vessel for so iong
that I cannot remember the last one. They
are ail Norwegians, Dam s. Germans. No va
Scotians or P. E. I.’s, Irishmen or other
foreigners. It seems as if there were no
American sailors afloat now.”
When Shipping Commissioner Tolman
asked this very shipmaster if he imd room
on board his vessel for a bright young
American buy who wanted to learfi sea
manship, the master replied: “Why, my
dear sir, what use is a boy to me? I
couldn’t afford to pay him $5 a month. I
have no use for toy on my ship. A man
who eats of the bread of my owners must
be able to pay up for it, and bis salt be
sides. ’ ’
Until some chance is given toys to learn
seamanship'on American vessels there is
little chance of there being a great increase
in the number of American seamen. This
is recognized to be a serious question by
the navy department, and for the purpose
of encouraging American boys to learn
seamanship the apprentice service was in
augurated. This is giving the navy an
»ble corps of petty and warrant office:.-,
but the enlisted men in the naiy are still
mostly foreigners. The reluctance of ship
masters.to take boys into their vessels and
teach them tho rudiments of seamanship
probably explains the scarcity of the
American sailor on board tho Yankee men
o’-war and in the merchant marine.—Port
land (Me.) Press.
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MACON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD
(Pine Mountain Route.)
Schedule In effect February 13th, 1898.
4 10 pnjjLv Macon.. .. AriTFlTarn
4 2o pmJLv .... Sofkee .. ..Ar|ll 02 am
5 42 pmiLv .. .Culloden. .. Ar 9 52 am
5 54 pmiLv .. Yatesville .. Ar| 9 40 am
6 24 pml. .. Thomaston .. .Arj 9 10 am
7 07 .. .Woodbury .. .Lvj 8 27 am
Southern Railway
7 25 pmlAr ..Warm Spgs. .. Lv' 8 09 pm
8 55 pmiAr.. . Columbus'.. .Lv, 6 35 am
945 pmlAr.. .. Atlanta .. ..Lv! 530 am
Southern Railway.
4 20 pmiLv .. ..Atlanta .. ..Ar|ll 10 am
5 25 pm|Lv.. . Columbus .. '.Ar!
6 49 pmiLv. Warm Springs. Arj
7 07 pm|Lv .. Woodbury .. Ar| 8 27 am
7 27 pmiLv... Harris City... Ar 8 27 am
8 20 pm|Ar.. ..LaGrange .. Lvj 7 10 am
Close connection at Macon and Sofkee
with the Georgia Southern and Florida for
Florida points; with Central of Georgia
railway for Albany. Soutbw'est Georgia
points and Montgomery; at Yatesville for
Roberta and points on the Atlanta and
Florida division of the Southern Railway;
at Woodbury with Southern Railway; at
LaGrange with the Atlanta and West
Point.
JULIAN R. LANE,
General Manager, Macon, Ga.
R. G. STONE,
General Passenger Agent. Macon, Ga.
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